Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

The female soldiers guarding them were all taken aback by what they saw.

Adrian had repeatedly petitioned the Bookworm Emperor to annul the engagement before their marriage, suggesting a very strained relationship with Commander Maurice. However, judging from the current situation, they seem to be different from what they imagined.

Morris, aware of his surroundings, exchanged a light kiss with Adrian before withdrawing his tongue.

Adrian didn't mind. Holding the medicine box in one hand, he said to Maurice, "I'm leaving."

Morris hummed in agreement, and Adrian turned and headed down the path he had come from. The stairs piled up, spiraling and winding, and Adrian's figure soon disappeared from sight.

The female soldiers stood motionless at the office door, only raising their heads again after Adrian left.

Morris's military jacket was half-open, and his shirt collar was neatly folded up, revealing the worm-like pattern on the back of his neck.

It was still shimmering with a black and gold light, hinting at the fact that it had not been able to be marked by depth.

Adrian was indeed unable to offer enough reassurance to Commander Maurice, but their relationship did not seem to be as cold as rumored.

"Who entered my office when I left?" Morris watched Adrian's figure disappear, his expression returning to normal. His long, narrow purple eyes revealed the gloom that had settled within them as he moved his pupils.

The female soldiers were secretly surprised. They lowered their heads and said, "Commander, not long before you returned, Prince Sean came to visit you. When he found you were not in your office, he left."

Morris did not allow other insects to enter his office; normally, with a female guarding it, no other insects would be allowed in. However, Sean was a prince and had received a verbal order from His Majesty, so the female guard allowed him in anyway.

"Commander, Prince Sean made no other move inside the room. Seeing that you were not in your office, he left shortly afterward."

Morris lifted his eyelids; the insect-like markings on the back of his neck had deepened in color, and a stinging sensation was beginning to appear. Sean hadn't actually looked at the documents on his desk; Morris, with his keen observation skills, could notice every corner of the office.

Sean simply left a large amount of male insect pheromones in the room.

Morris had spent a long time on the battlefield, leaving his mental state in a state of utter chaos. If Adrian hadn't helped him clear his mind last night, there was a very high chance that the male insect pheromones in the room would have induced Morris to go into heat.

Fortunately, Adrian had been standing outside the door and hadn't gone in. Otherwise, given his ability to sense pheromones, it wouldn't have been difficult for him to detect the presence of other male insect pheromones in Morris's office.

Morris's face darkened. He said, "Clean the whole place up. Don't let me smell that ghostly odor again."

The female soldier knew she was wrong and nodded, saying, "Yes, Commander, we'll go now."

"Hurry up." Morris frowned, the pain in the back of his neck intensifying, and he simply found a window sill away from the office to light a cigarette.

The February wind still carried a chill, and as Maurice looked down, he caught a faint whiff of another scent. It was a light, subtle fragrance of herbs and trees, completely unlike Adrian's character; it lacked sweetness and was free of any extraneous dust or impurities.

Morris's cigarette, held between his fingers, paused in mid-air. He tilted his head and sniffed his collar, catching a faint whiff of Adrian's pheromones from his uniform.

Adrian leaned against him and spoke on the aircraft, perhaps rubbing some of his pheromones onto him at that moment.

Morris twirled the lighter in his hand; the cigarette between his fingers, unlit, was already wrinkled from his unconscious handling.

"Hmph." After a moment, Morris raised his head. He threw the bent cigarette into the trash can, then turned and walked back to his office.

*

Adrian stopped in the stairwell on the second floor.

The surroundings were empty, and during this short one-hour rest period, almost all the female soldiers were in a light sleep. The female soldiers who had been monitoring Adrian had left, exiting the administrative area of ​​the high-rise building. Flexible cameras were installed in every corner of the first and second floors.

The warning light suddenly illuminated on the second floor, where it was barely surviving. Having absorbed PUA's energy, it was growing rapidly and could now detect energy fluctuations from similar objects.

"Be careful, be careful." The cowardly survivor whispered furtively, "The energy field here is different from other places. I suspect there's something else here."

"Really?" Adrian was very aware of the danger. Upon hearing this, he quickly turned on his personal computer and set Morris as his emergency contact.

To live a life of ignominy: "..."

"The energy fluctuations here are huge. I have a bad feeling. We'd better leave quickly." The data on the "Survival of the Fittest" red card continued to rise, showing signs of reaching its peak.

Adrian nodded. "This is the second floor already. We'll be out soon. But what is this other thing you mentioned?"

Adrian quickened his pace as he descended the stairs, bumping into two insects about to go upstairs at the corner on the second floor.

The male insect leading the way wore a royal suit with a square collar and delicate ruffles. The ruby ​​in the center was the pure color of pigeon's blood, and the male insect's half-length golden hair cascaded down, his red eyes contrasting beautifully with the ruby.

He raised his eyes slightly when he saw Adrian: "Lord Adrian, what a coincidence, good day."

Adrian: "..."

Adrian was not surprised to see Sean.

He slowly walked down from above. The image of Sean when he died was still imprinted in Adrian's mind: pale and cracked lips, sunken cheeks, and his whole body covered in wounds. His red eyes were fixed on Adrian until his death, as if silently cursing Adrian to die a terrible death.

The pain returned to Adrian's cheek. He walked up to Sean, bowed, and said in a flat tone, "Prince Sean, good day."

Sean looked at Adrian silently, then smiled and said, "Adrian, what brings you here? This is military territory; you'd better not trespass here lightly."

"Your Highness, have you forgotten? You were the one who brought me into the military headquarters the first time. If you hadn't brought me in, how would I have known about this place?" Adrian smiled back at him, his green eyes crinkling, his words half-serious, half-joking, "What, you only allow yourself to come in, but I can't?"

Sean sensed the displeasure in Adrian's tone. Knowing Adrian's usual temperamental nature, he sighed and said, "Adrian, don't be temperamental."

To live a life of ignominy: "..."

It seemed to suddenly understand why Adrian was able to kill Sean.

Sean has no idea that Adrian is a fake Jiaojiao.

Adrian was quite adept at getting into character. His personality was rather fickle. He sneered and looked to the side, where he saw the silent female insect next to Sean.